Business in the Community (BITC) research released this month confirms for the second year running the statistically significant link between effective management of CSR issues and financial performance. The downturn has had a dramatic effect on the financial returns of companies, but FTSE 350 companies consistently managing and measuring their corporate responsibility did not fall […]
With programmes such as ‘Espoir Banlieues’ and ‘Chance2’, France and Germany are concretely fighting inequality for disadvantaged youth. The 2010-revised French programme ‘Espoir Banlieues’ (transl. ‘Hope Suburbs’) began in 2008 and supports the employment and employability of young people from “les banlieues”, the low-income districts with a high percentage of non-integrated minorities. Since the launch […]
According to a new report from the European Commission, the economy would benefit by having full representation of both men and women in top positions. The report, “More women in senior positions – key to economic stability and growth,” shows that women continue to be severely under-represented in economic decision-making. In the corporate world, men […]
HALDE (Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l’Egalité) and the OIT (International Labour Organisation) have published the third edition of the Barometer of Discrimination at Work in France. Through this collaboration, the evolution of perceived discrimination in the French public and private workplaces can now be assessed over three years. This edition […]
According to the 2010 Eurobarometer study, Europeans believe that gender inequality is still common in their lives today – this being felt more strongly by women than men. A slight majority finds not enough efforts are being made in the EU to combat gender inequality. Europeans citizens believe that
Women have taken the dominant role in the European online trade of goods, according to a recent Deutsche Card Services report. As shown in “E-Retail Report 2009”, 61.35% of all transactions originating in European online stores are by women. In comparison with the 2007 report, where women encompassed only 44% of purchase transations, a quick […]
From March 11th-12th 2010, the WLDS-EU High Level International Summit was held in Vienna, Austria. The WDLS-EU is bringing together global diversity thought leaders, policymakers, corporate practitioners, NGOs, and civil society players to share their experiences, research findings, strategies and best practices on global diversity and inclusion by the year 2020.
The Women’s Leadership Fund, created by Naissance Capital, invests in companies having a greater than average number of women in key roles, which research has shown to generally outperform in the market. The eight-member board of the new fund encompasses seven top career women from around the world, including Cherie Blair, prominent lawyer and wife […]
With an estimated 15–20 million Muslims living in the EU and this population expected to double by 2025, “At Home in Europe: Muslims in EU cities” by the Open Society Institute set out to understand the everyday experiences of ordinary Muslims. They assessed Muslims living in 11 cities across Western Europe including: Antwerp, Amsterdam, Berlin, […]
A December 2009 survey of almost 500 mothers and fathers run by Dad.info and Netmums showed that 4 out of 10 fathers do not take paternity leave. 72 percent of those who did not take leave gave the reason that they could not afford to take it, while 14 percent said that they didn’t have […]
